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<mods:title>New species in old mountains: integrative taxonomy reveals ten new species and extensive short-range endemism in Nesticus spiders (Araneae, Nesticidae) from the southern Appalachian Mountains</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Hedin, Marshal</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182 - 4614, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="email">mhedin@sdsu.edu</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:namePart>Milne, Marc A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1943-0161</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biology, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2023</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2023-02-03</mods:number>
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<mods:number>1145</mods:number>
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<treatment LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BDC1A285-4B27-4549-901B-FB2BBDE32B64" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/BDC1A285-4B27-4549-901B-FB2BBDE32B64" authority="Hedin & Milne, 2023" authorityName="Hedin & Milne" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus dellingeri" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dellingeri" status="sp. nov.">Nesticus dellingeri</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 55" captionStartId="F55" captionText="Figure 55. Nesticus dellingeri sp. nov. genitalia. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1047, ♂ palp, dorsal (A), ventral (B) C North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, palp, ventral. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1057, epigynum, ventral (D), dorsal (E). North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, ventral (F), dorsal (G). Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804506" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 55A-G</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Type material:
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1992-08-08" collectorName="M. Hedin, I. - M. Tso" country="USA" county="Macon Co." latitude="35.0793" location="Hwy" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1415" municipality="Whiteside Mountain" specimenCount="♂" stateProvince="North Carolina" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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:
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<collectingCountry name="United States of America">USA</collectingCountry>
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-
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="North Carolina">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCounty>Macon Co.</collectingCounty>
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</emphasis>
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•
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<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
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<specimenCount>♂</specimenCount>
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; vicinity
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<collectingMunicipality>Whiteside Mountain</collectingMunicipality>
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, off
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:821E13C485B5FAAD1B1F9BDC07F4E64D" country="USA" county="Macon Co." latitude="35.0793" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1415" municipality="Whiteside Mountain" name="Hwy" stateProvince="North Carolina">Hwy</location>
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64,
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<locationDeviation location="Cashiers">SW of Cashiers</locationDeviation>
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;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.0793" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="35.0793">35.0793°N</geoCoordinate>
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, -
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<geoCoordinate degrees="83.1415" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-83.1415">83.1415°W</geoCoordinate>
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;
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<collectingDate value="1992-08-08">8 Aug. 1992</collectingDate>
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;
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<collectorName>M. Hedin</collectorName>
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,
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<collectorName>I.-M. Tso</collectorName>
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leg.; MCH specimen #1047
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</materialsCitation>
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</emphasis>
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;
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1992-08-08" collectorName="M. Hedin, I. - M. Tso" country="United States of America" county="Macon Co." latitude="35.0793" location="Hwy" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1415" municipality="Whiteside Mountain" specimenCount="14" specimenCount-female="9" specimenCount-male="5" stateProvince="North Carolina" typeStatus="Paratypes">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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: -
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="North Carolina">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCounty>Macon Co.</collectingCounty>
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</emphasis>
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•
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<specimenCount type="male">5♂</specimenCount>
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,
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<specimenCount type="female">9♀</specimenCount>
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; vic
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<collectingMunicipality>Whiteside Mountain</collectingMunicipality>
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, off
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:87CB2AA9468BEB170961F0040B6274AC" country="United States of America" county="Macon Co." latitude="35.0793" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1415" municipality="Whiteside Mountain" name="Hwy" stateProvince="North Carolina">Hwy</location>
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64,
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<locationDeviation location="Cashiers">SW of Cashiers</locationDeviation>
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;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.0793" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="35.0793">35.0793°N</geoCoordinate>
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, -
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<geoCoordinate degrees="83.1415" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-83.1415">83.1415°W</geoCoordinate>
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;
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<collectingDate value="1992-08-08">8 Aug. 1992</collectingDate>
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;
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<collectorName>M. Hedin</collectorName>
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<collectorName>I.-M. Tso</collectorName>
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leg.
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" country="United States of America" location="Non" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="North Carolina" typeStatus="paratype">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:64B92EA9A3B3DB11DE30D2B2ADBF3CE7" country="United States of America" name="Non" stateProvince="North Carolina">Non</location>
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type material
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</emphasis>
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1991-08-16" collectorName="B. Dellinger" country="United States of America" county="Jackson Co." latitude="35.013" location="Scotsman Creek" longLatPrecision="55" longitude="-83.1123" municipality="Chattooga River" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="North Carolina" typeStatus="paratype">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="North Carolina">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
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<collectingCounty>Jackson Co.</collectingCounty>
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</emphasis>
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<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
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; along
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<collectingMunicipality>Chattooga River</collectingMunicipality>
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, NE side near mouth
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:220DCD31264FEE345FA7177D83A81938" country="United States of America" county="Jackson Co." latitude="35.013" longLatPrecision="55" longitude="-83.1123" municipality="Chattooga River" name="Scotsman Creek" stateProvince="North Carolina">Scotsman Creek</location>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.013" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="35.013">35.013°N</geoCoordinate>
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, -
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<geoCoordinate degrees="83.1123" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-83.1123">83.1123°W</geoCoordinate>
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<collectingDate value="1991-08-16">16 Aug. 1991</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>B. Dellinger</collectorName>
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leg.
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</materialsCitation>
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; •
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1991-08-17" collectorName="B. Dellinger" country="United States of America" latitude="35.0136" location="Scotsman Creek" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1135" municipality="Chattooga River" specimenCount="♂" stateProvince="North Carolina" typeStatus="paratype">
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<specimenCount>♂</specimenCount>
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; along
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<collectingMunicipality>Chattooga River</collectingMunicipality>
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, NE side,
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<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.218688" unit="mi" value="0.2">0.2 mi.</quantity>
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W mouth
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:FA5FA675342D68A8AED8188427456CCA" country="United States of America" latitude="35.0136" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1135" municipality="Chattooga River" name="Scotsman Creek" stateProvince="North Carolina">Scotsman Creek</location>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.0136" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="35.0136">35.0136°N</geoCoordinate>
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, -
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<geoCoordinate degrees="83.1135" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-83.1135">83.1135°W</geoCoordinate>
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<collectingDate value="1991-08-17">17 Aug. 1991</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>B. Dellinger</collectorName>
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leg.
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</materialsCitation>
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; •
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2002-09-02" collectorName="M. Hedin, F. Coyle, M. Lowder, P. Paquin" country="United States of America" latitude="35.0337" location="Upper Falls" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.0141" municipality="Whitewater River" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="5" stateProvince="North Carolina" typeStatus="paratype">
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<specimenCount>♂</specimenCount>
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<specimenCount type="female">5♀</specimenCount>
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;
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<collectingMunicipality>Whitewater River</collectingMunicipality>
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, below
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:84C36E25A8B68CF6FE48360453BB7930" country="United States of America" latitude="35.0337" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.0141" municipality="Whitewater River" name="Upper Falls" stateProvince="North Carolina">Upper Falls</location>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.0337" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="35.0337">35.0337°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="83.0141" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-83.0141">83.0141°W</geoCoordinate>
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<collectingDate value="2002-09-02">2 Sep. 2002</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>M. Hedin</collectorName>
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<collectorName>F. Coyle</collectorName>
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<collectorName>M. Lowder</collectorName>
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<collectorName>P. Paquin</collectorName>
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leg.
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</materialsCitation>
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; MCH 02_183; -
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2002-09-02" collectorName="M. Hedin, M. Lowder, P. Paquin" country="United States of America" county="Macon Co." latitude="35.0172" location="BullPen" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1262" municipality="Chattooga River" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="5" stateProvince="North Carolina" typeStatus="paratype">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="North Carolina">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
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<collectingCounty>Macon Co.</collectingCounty>
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</emphasis>
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<specimenCount>♂</specimenCount>
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<specimenCount type="female">5♀</specimenCount>
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, 5 imm;
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<collectingMunicipality>Chattooga River</collectingMunicipality>
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, vic
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:7A0183FFA89E53B1721DA7A93EED1476" country="United States of America" county="Macon Co." latitude="35.0172" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1262" municipality="Chattooga River" name="BullPen" stateProvince="North Carolina">BullPen</location>
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bridge crossing;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.0172" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="35.0172">35.0172°N</geoCoordinate>
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, -
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<geoCoordinate degrees="83.1262" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-83.1262">83.1262°W</geoCoordinate>
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;
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<collectingDate value="2002-09-02">2 Sep. 2002</collectingDate>
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;
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<collectorName>M. Hedin</collectorName>
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<collectorName>M. Lowder</collectorName>
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<collectorName>P. Paquin</collectorName>
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leg.
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1992-08-08" collectorName="M. Hedin" country="United States of America" latitude="35.0172" location="BullPen" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1262" municipality="Chattooga River" specimenCount="7" specimenCount-female="7" stateProvince="North Carolina" typeStatus="paratype">
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MCH 02_180; •
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<specimenCount type="female">7♀</specimenCount>
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<collectingMunicipality>Chattooga River</collectingMunicipality>
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, vic
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:1438484BEDDEC0F5196508916F9F49FA" country="United States of America" latitude="35.0172" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.1262" municipality="Chattooga River" name="BullPen" stateProvince="North Carolina">BullPen</location>
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bridge crossing,
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<locationDeviation location="Highlands">SE of Highlands</locationDeviation>
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;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.0172" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="35.0172">35.0172°N</geoCoordinate>
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, -
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<geoCoordinate degrees="83.1262" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-83.1262">83.1262°W</geoCoordinate>
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<collectingDate value="1992-08-08">8 Aug. 1992</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>M. Hedin</collectorName>
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leg.
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</materialsCitation>
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; -
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1992-04-13" collectorName="B. Dellinger" country="United States of America" county="Oconee Co." latitude="35.0271" location="Whitewater River" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.0094" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="3" stateProvince="South Carolina" typeStatus="paratype">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="South Carolina">South Carolina</collectingRegion>
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<collectingCounty>Oconee Co.</collectingCounty>
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</emphasis>
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<specimenCount>♂</specimenCount>
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<specimenCount type="female">3♀</specimenCount>
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; along
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D6741DA34B205759882283426FBAB4DE:3193C084EDAE9FE027BF859D2079069B" country="United States of America" county="Oconee Co." latitude="35.0271" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-83.0094" name="Whitewater River" stateProvince="South Carolina">Whitewater River</location>
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, just S NC/SC stateline;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="35.0271" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="35.0271">35.0271°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="83.0094" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-83.0094">83.0094°W</geoCoordinate>
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;
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<collectingDate value="1992-04-13">13 Apr. 1992</collectingDate>
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;
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<collectorName>B. Dellinger</collectorName>
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leg.
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Sister to other members of a phylogenomic subclade including
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hedin & Milne" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus binfordae" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binfordae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus binfordae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. dykemanae" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dykemanae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. dykemanae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. jonesi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jonesi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. jonesi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and morphologically most similar to these geographically disjunct taxa (in particular, sharing the spade-like basal tegular apophysis; Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 52" captionStartId="F52" captionText="Figure 52. Comparative ♂ morphology of Nesticus reclusus group species A Nesticus sheari B N. dellingeri C N. jonesi D N. binfordae E N. dykemanae F N. bishopi G N. stupkai H N. reclusus. All views ventral. See subsequent figures for specimen locations and voucher details." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure52" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804503" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">52</figureCitation>
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). Males of
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. dellingeri" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dellingeri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. dellingeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differ from males of these other taxa in the shape of the distal tegular apophysis (broad vs. skinny), the shape of the median apophysis, the shape of the paracymbial distal process, and in details of the paracymbial ventral process cusps. This species shares a very similar epigynal morphology with other members of the subclade (see descriptions below).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description of ♂ holotype</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">(MCH specimen #1047).</emphasis>
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Carapace dusky cream to orange, with faint dark pigment behind ocular area and along carapace margin. Legs approximately concolorous pale. Abdomen with paired, lateral darker markings on dirty gray background. All eyes approximately equal in size, AMEs barely visible. Eyes with light rings of dark pigment. CL 1.4, CW 1.1, abdomen length 2, total body length 3.4. Leg I total length 9.9 (2.75, 0.6, 3, 2.5, 1.05), leg formula 1423, leg I / CW ratio 9.0. Palp with broadly S-shaped tegular apophysis, distal part a short, curved blade with acute tip, basal fork of apophysis a short, square sclerotized spade (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 55" captionStartId="F55" captionText="Figure 55. Nesticus dellingeri sp. nov. genitalia. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1047, ♂ palp, dorsal (A), ventral (B) C North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, palp, ventral. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1057, epigynum, ventral (D), dorsal (E). North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, ventral (F), dorsal (G). Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804506" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">55A-C</figureCitation>
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). Median apophysis anvil-shaped, distal end a sharp tip. Conductor tip bent, surrounded by small funnel-shaped cuticular sheath. Paracymbium lacking a paradistal process, distal process finger-like with slight serration along paradistal edge. Lacking a dorsomedial process. Distal part of ventral paracymbial process thickened, with small cusps.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804506" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 55" startId="F55">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 55.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hedin & Milne" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus dellingeri" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dellingeri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus dellingeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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sp. nov. genitalia. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen #1047, ♂ palp, dorsal (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
|
||
), ventral (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
|
||
North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02_183, palp, ventral. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen #1057, epigynum, ventral (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
|
||
), dorsal (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
|
||
). North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02_183, ventral (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
|
||
), dorsal (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
|
||
). Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="♂ variation">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">♂ Variation.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Males from four non-type localities match topotypic males very closely (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 55" captionStartId="F55" captionText="Figure 55. Nesticus dellingeri sp. nov. genitalia. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1047, ♂ palp, dorsal (A), ventral (B) C North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, palp, ventral. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1057, epigynum, ventral (D), dorsal (E). North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, ventral (F), dorsal (G). Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804506" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">55A-C</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description of ♀ paratype</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">(MCH specimen #1057).</emphasis>
|
||
Carapace color as in male, slightly darker orange. Legs approximately concolorous pale. Abdomen with paired, lateral darker maculations on dirty gray background. All eyes approximately equal in size, AMEs miniscule but visible. Eyes with rings of dark pigment. CL 1.2, CW 1.1, abdomen length 1.65, total body length 2.85. Leg I total 7.3 (2.1, 0.55, 2.05, 1.7, 0.9), leg formula 1423, leg I / CW ratio 6.6. Epigynum generally wider than tall, median septum relatively wide with directly adjacent lateral pockets (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 55" captionStartId="F55" captionText="Figure 55. Nesticus dellingeri sp. nov. genitalia. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1047, ♂ palp, dorsal (A), ventral (B) C North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, palp, ventral. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1057, epigynum, ventral (D), dorsal (E). North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, ventral (F), dorsal (G). Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804506" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">55D-G</figureCitation>
|
||
). Posterior end of septum with lateral bars oriented obliquely upwards, dark spermathecae lying beneath these bars and approximately following the upwards oblique path. Median septum narrowing past these bars and projecting inwards towards the abdomen. Viewed dorsally, dorsal internal pockets lying slightly above sclerotization of the lateral pockets.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="♀ variation">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">♀ Variation.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Females from different locations share a very similar epigynal morphology (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 55" captionStartId="F55" captionText="Figure 55. Nesticus dellingeri sp. nov. genitalia. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1047, ♂ palp, dorsal (A), ventral (B) C North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, palp, ventral. North Carolina, Macon Co., vicinity Whiteside Mountain, MCH specimen # 1057, epigynum, ventral (D), dorsal (E). North Carolina, Jackson Co., Whitewater River, below Upper Falls, MCH 02 _ 183, ventral (F), dorsal (G). Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure55" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804506" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">55D-G</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution and natural history.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
Known only from a very small area in the upper Chattooga River and upper Whitewater River drainages (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 53" captionStartId="F53" captionText="Figure 53. A distribution of Nesticus reclusus group species B distribution of Nesticus jonesi. Type localities designated with yellow circles. State boundaries and major cities shown for geographic context. Dashed lines circumscribe known species distributions. The geographic distribution of " N. cooperi - like " populations is circled; this includes some female-only locations which are inside this distribution and included here only for purposes of graphical convenience." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure53" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804504" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">53</figureCitation>
|
||
), along the south face of the Blue Ridge Escarpment in the North and South Carolina borderlands. Except for the type locality, most collections are relatively small in total animals collected, suggesting a natural rarity for this species. At the type locality (Whiteside Mountain) a total of 14 adults and 8 immature specimens was collected from a crevice cave at the base of rocky cliffs.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gertsch" authorityYear="1984" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus bishopi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bishopi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus bishopi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has also been collected from nearby locations in the Chattooga River Gorge (locations near Scotsman Creek; Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 53" captionStartId="F53" captionText="Figure 53. A distribution of Nesticus reclusus group species B distribution of Nesticus jonesi. Type localities designated with yellow circles. State boundaries and major cities shown for geographic context. Dashed lines circumscribe known species distributions. The geographic distribution of " N. cooperi - like " populations is circled; this includes some female-only locations which are inside this distribution and included here only for purposes of graphical convenience." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure53" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804504" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">53</figureCitation>
|
||
), suggesting that these species might somewhere be syntopic in this area.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
This species is named to recognize and honor Bob Dellinger, a special naturalist from western North Carolina.
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bob’s">Bob's</normalizedToken>
|
||
knowledge of the flora and fauna of southern Appalachia is remarkable, and he personally collected or helped to collect (with first author MH) many
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1869" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from this region.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hedin & Milne" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus dellingeri" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dellingeri">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus dellingeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is geographically disjunct from phylogenetic relatives
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. binfordae" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binfordae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. binfordae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. dykemanae" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dykemanae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. dykemanae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. jonesi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jonesi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. jonesi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 53" captionStartId="F53" captionText="Figure 53. A distribution of Nesticus reclusus group species B distribution of Nesticus jonesi. Type localities designated with yellow circles. State boundaries and major cities shown for geographic context. Dashed lines circumscribe known species distributions. The geographic distribution of " N. cooperi - like " populations is circled; this includes some female-only locations which are inside this distribution and included here only for purposes of graphical convenience." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724.figure53" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/804504" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">53</figureCitation>
|
||
). The regions separating these taxa have been extensively sampled for
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Thorell" authorityYear="1869" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and are occupied by species from other species groups (
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. nasicus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nasicus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. nasicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Petrunkevitch" baseAuthorityYear="1925" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus tennesseensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tennesseensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus tennesseensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group members), or more distant
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gertsch" authorityYear="1984" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus reclusus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reclusus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nesticus reclusus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group members.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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